Fountain brush



Patented Mar. 14, 1933 ATEN? @FFEQE GEORGE REISIN'G-ER, OF ROCHESTER,NEW! YORK FOUNTAIN BRUSH Application filed September 28, 1931. SerialNo. 585,515.

"This invention relates to fountain shaving brushes'and. has for itsobject to provide an extremely simplified and practical construction forsuch a brush.

* Another object of this invention is to provide a fountain shavingbrush in which the liquid soap may be loaded into the fountain brushhandle in-a cartridge.

I These "and other objects of this invention willbecomemore readilyapparent from the detailed description of the invention, reference-beinghad to the accompanying draw- Figure-'lisfaside elevation of my improvedfountain 'sha'ving'brush;

FiguIe'Q, a longitudinal sectional view of Figure 3 isja detail view ofone of the cartridgesi containing the'l liquid soap for thefountainbrush.

' Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of ja l modified form of thefountain brush.

Tigure'tiis a detail sectional view of a portion of another modifiedform of the brush.

In the several figures of the drawing like referenc'e numerals indicatelike parts. Thefountain shaving brush forming the subject matter of mypresent invention comprises the hollow handle 1, oneend of which isreduced and threaded to have the socket 2 screw in place thereon. Thebrush 3 is suitably set into the socket with a sleeve 4.- locatedcentrally thereof to permit the liquid soap to flow out into the brushas will hereinafter be described. The" sleeve 4; has the flange 5 formedat the top thereof which serves as a cover forthe end ofthe brush andkeeps the liquid soap from entering between the bristles thereof exceptthru the sleeve 4.

The free end of the hollow brush handle 1 is provided with a cap 6 whichis removably attached to the handle to permit the insertionandwithdrawal of a cartridge 7 into this end of thehandlej The'cartridgeis made up of any" suitable material and is filled with liquid soap tobe used in the fountain brush. The upper end of the cartridge isflexible such as, for example, the end of an oil can and to thisflexible end is fastened the valve stem 8 which extends thru thecartridge and carries at the lower end of it the valve member 9 whichnormally closes the outlet opening in the bottom of the cartridge.

The cartridge is placed into the hollow han- V dle of the fountain brushas illustrated in Figure 2 and the cap 6 is placed over the end of thehollow handle to hold the cartridge in place in the handle. The cap 6 isalso made flexible so that it can be depressed and exert pressure on theend of the cartridge located in the handle. The pressure thus exerted onthe cap is therefore transmitted to the end of the cartridge. and flexesthe end of the cartridge which depresses the valve stem 8 to open thevalve 9and allowa quantity of the liquid to be forced'out of thecartridge into the sleeve 1 and'the' brush surrounding the end thereof.If not enough liquid soap is extruded fromthe cartridge on onedepression of the'fiexible cap 6; the operation is repeated until enoughsoap-is placed intothe brush to secure the desired lather for shaving.

Instead of making the cap 6 flexible as above described, the center ofthe cap may be provided with an opening 10 as illus- 5 trated in Figure5 so that the end of the cart tridge may be depressed from the outside,of the end'of the hollow handle to extrude the liquid soap from thecartridge into the brush.

In Figure 4;, I have illustrated a construction of the fountain brush'inwhich the cartridge is eliminated-and the liquid soap is filled directlyinto the hollow handle 11. In this form of the fountain brush the cap 12thereof is flexible and hasfastened thereto the valve stem 13. Thisstempasses thru the hollow handle and'the valve opening 14 in the oppositeend of it. The valve stem carries the valve member 15 and this valvemember is so adjusted on the valve stem that the flexible cover or cap12 normally draws this valve member into this valve opening to preventthe liquid soap from flowing out therefrom. Adjacent to the valveopening 14 are one or more filler openings 16 thru which the liquid soapis filled into the handle 11. For filling purposes the hollow handle 11is therefore, unscrewed from the brush socket 17 to permit the liquidsoap to be filled into the handle thru the openings 16. After thebanrelease of the flexible cap 12 and liquids'oa'p is forced out of thehollowihandle'into the brush in the same manner as described inconnection with the fountain brush illus of "said cartridge out of saidopening under trated in Figures 1, 2 and 8. I claim:

a hollowhandle, abrush removably attached to the inner endof saidhandle, said hollow handle having a valve opening inv the inner endthereoftleading into said brush and 1a ,filler opening to one ;side ofsaid valve opening adaptedto be held closed by said brush, avalve in,said valve opening, a flexible closure atthe outer endof said hollowhandle and aIvalVe stem rigidly attached to said flexible closure withone end thereof. andiattached @to said valve-withthe otherendthereof to"normally hold-said .valve in. ,a closed position to simultaneously opensaid valve and ex- .trude a portion ofthe contents of the handle,underpressurethru said valve opening-ion the depression of saidflexible closure.

- 2.1 In a fountain brushthe combination of a hollow: handle, a brushsocket removably mountedto one end of said hollow handle, a sleevemounted insaid brush socket, bristles set in said socket around saidsleeve, said hollow handle having a valve opening in the inner endthereof in line with said sleeve in said socket and a filler opening outof line ,With said sleeve and adapted to be closed by said socket, avalve'foropening and closing said valve opening, a flexible closure-atthe outer end of said handle and a valve stem rigidly attached to saidflexible closure with one end thereof and attached-to. said valve withthe. otheriendthereof to normally hold said -valve in a closed positionto simulta- :neously exert pressure on the contents in said hollowhandle and open said valve to extrude vsome of the contents in saidhollow handle a hollow handle. a cartridge removabl v mounted in saidhollow handle.- a flexible closure at the outer end of said cartridge,said cartridge having a valve opening at the inner end thereof, a valvein said valve opening, a valve stem connecting said flexible closurewith said valve to simultaneously open said valve opening and extrudethe contents of said cartridge out of said opening under pressure, asocket having a duct leading therethru surrounded by bristles at theinner end of said hollow handle, said ductbeing in line with said valveand valve opening to receive the contents extruded from said cartridge.

a. In a fountain brush the combination of a hollow handle, a cartridgeremovably mounted in said hollow handle, a flexible closure at the outerendofsaid cartridge, said te ai f deeh fi il i 1 n fine; tner endthereof, a valve in said valve opening, a" valve stem connecting saidflexible closure withsai'd'valveto simultaneously open said valveopening and extrude the contents pressure, asocket having a duct leadingtherethrii' siirroundedbybristles at the inner end i- .1. In afountainbrush the combination of cartridge having a valve openingat;thein-a iner end thereof, and; ia flexible closure iat the outerend'thereof, a vnvein said valve'opening, a valve, stem connecting said;valve with said flexible closure, said, valve and 'T-valve opening beingbrought in line with said sleeve in saidsocket on the insertionzof saidcartridge into said hollow handleto permitgthe' extrusion ofthe contentsof said cartridge into-said sleeve underpressure on thefiexing of saidflexible closure.- I 5 6. In av fountain brush the conibination of ahollow handle, a cartridge removably mounted in saidghollowthandle, .aflexible closureat the outer end of said cartridge, said cartridgehaving a valve opening-at the inner end thereof, avalve in saidvalveopening, a valve stein connecting said flexible. closure with said valveto simultaneously open said valve opening and extrude the contents ofsaid cartridge out of said opening under presi GEORGE REISINGER.

